I have to raise funds this month, and there are several reasons why:
- My web-hosting bill is due, and while Bluehost and WordPress have helped whittle it down a bit from $500, between the three services I use (Jetpack is the third), it’s still going to cost about $400 for me to keep running this website for another year.
- Put bluntly, there are bills to pay this month, and we’re under-budget;
- My hotel accommodations are booked for the third and fourth weeks of September, but, as you might imagine, heading up to the Red Wings’ prospect tournament and training camp will be an expensive trip. Despite earning a massive discount from my hotel, the bill is still gigantic; groceries, gas and getting my headlights fixed so that I can drive at night will cost a fair amount (I have a wonky headlight and a wonky tail light). It all goes down from September 14th-28th. So the Big Prospect Tournament/Training Camp fund is open for business.
I’m admittedly scared right now, because the stakes are high and the budget is particularly low. Aunt Annie and I live as simply as possible. She’s been kind enough to afford me the opportunity to do this job in addition to caring for her, but it’s got to put food on the table, too.
So here we are. No ads (as of yet) or commercials (as of yet), so fundraising is how the NPR of blogs survives.
The news cycle will pick up again quite soon as the World Junior Championship starts tomorrow in Edmonton, and the podcast is being pondered. In the interim, I’ve tried to crank up the editorial coverage a bit, and you’re going to see more of it as we move forward.
If you’re willing to lend a hand, you can use PayPal at https://paypal.me/TheMalikReport, Venmo at https://venmo.com/george-malik-2, Giftly by using my email, rtxg@yahoo.com, at https://www.giftly.com. And you can contact me via email if you want to send me a paper check.
The point is to get me up to Traverse City, of course, but if I can’t facilitate the process to begin with, it’ll be for naught.
